Abstract
This chapter explores political will. While political will is often cited as a critical component of health programs around the world, it is a poorly defined concept. Using the framework of the late Dr. Julius Richmond, former U.S. Surgeon General, political will is interrogated through the interconnected factors of social strategy and science to advance policy. The COVID-19 pandemic is used as an example of this framework. The chapter also discusses the impact of colonialism and capitalism on the actualization of political will and leadership of impoverished countries. Challenges to sovereignty are addressed through the framework of necropolitics and social theories and practices that can improve responses. The chapter gives examples of regional and national leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic that have fought to decolonize the locus of power.
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